Priest fondles woman he's "counseling"

Yesterday in New York, a Catholic priest was indicted on sex-abuse charges for allegedly fondling a parishioner he was counseling.

The petting padre, Richard Ordonez, 37, is accused of grabbing and attempting to sexually assault a woman he was giving marriage counseling to in January 2004. Unfortunately, it wasn't until 2008 --after speaking with a friend-- that she reported him. If convicted, Ordonez faces up to seven years in state prison.

Once again, I'm puzzled why religious followers would assume a priest --who don't have wives, children or deal with the day-to-day strife of a "normal" life-- would have any real insight into domestic issues. Now I'm not attacking the victim -- no one, regardless of their credulity deserves to be taken advantage of. Instead, I'm simply perplexed why such a paradigm --priest as family counselor-- is so blindly and widely accepted. What's next, Santa Claus as an addiction specialist??